Letter From Banausia

CORRESPONDENCErnLetter FromrnBanausiarnby Michael McMahonrnThe Aptly Named WoodheadrnLovers of Gilbert and Sullivan will notrnneed to be reminded that the second actrnof The Gondoliers is set in "Barataria," arnfictional land which is ruled by "arnmonarchy that's tempered with republicanrnequality." The opera sadrizes the inflexiblernsocial order of Victorian societyrnby turning it on . . .